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Jason Jay
Behavioral and Policy Sciences
Senior Lecturer, Sustainability
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Namrata Kala
Economics, Finance and Accounting
Associate Professor, Applied Economics
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Christopher Knittel
Economics, Finance and Accounting
Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability
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Robert S. Pindyck
Economics, Finance and Accounting
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd Professor in Finance and Economics
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Gita R. Rao
Economics, Finance and Accounting
Senior Lecturer, Finance; Assoc. Faculty Director, MFin Program
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Andy Sun
Management Science
Iberdrola-Avangrid Professor in Electric Power Systems
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John D. Sterman
Management Science
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
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Catherine Wolfram
Economics, Finance and Accounting
William Barton Rogers Professor in Energy
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Joann de Zegher
Management Science
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Y. Karen Zheng
Management Science
George M. Bunker Professor
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"Design and Implementation of the Price Cap on Russian Oil Export."
Johnson, Simon, Lukasz Rachel, and Catherine Wolfram. Journal of Comparative Economics. Forthcoming.
"Digital Collateral."
Gertler, Paul, Brett Green, and Catherine Wolfram. Quarterly Journal of Economics. Forthcoming.
"Exporting Global Warming? Coal Trade and the Shale Gas Boom."
Knittel, Christopher R., Konstantinos Metaxoglou, Anson Soderbery, and Andres Trindade. The Canadian Journal of Economics. Forthcoming. CEEPR Working Paper.
"Improving Farmers’ Income on Online Agri-Platforms: Evidence from the Field."
Retsef Levi, Manoj Rajan, Somya Singhvi, and Y. Karen Zheng. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Forthcoming.
"The Chinese Communist Party and Regulatory Transparency in China’s Food Industry."
Gao, Qihua, Yasheng Huang, Yuze Sui, and Y. Karen Zheng. PNAS Nexus. Forthcoming.
"Management and Shocks to Worker Productivity."
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Namrata Kala, and Anant Nyshadham. Journal of Political Economy. Forthcoming. NBER.
"Improving Cash-constrained Smallholder Farmers’ Welfare: The Role of Government Loan Policies."
Topic: Operations Management
Pay, Wenhong, Somya Singhvi, and Y. Karen Zheng, Working Paper. May 2024.
Keywords: Socially Responsible Operations, Smallholder Farmers, Cash Constraints, Government Loan, Policy Design
"Strengthening Enforcement of the Russian Oil Price Cap."
Johnson, Simon and Catherine Wolfram. Brookings Institution Working Paper (2024). Appendix.
"The ’90s Are Over: 5 Reasons to Embrace Carbon Pricing Today."
Clausing, Kimberly and Catherine Wolfram. The Hill, March 26, 2024.
"Assessing the Distribution of Employment Vulnerability to the Energy Transition Using Employment Carbon Footprints."
Graham, Kailin and Christopher Knittel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 121, No. 7 (2024).
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